The Green Bay Packers made one of the more puzzling decisions in the first round of the NFL Draft last week, trading up to take Utah State quarterback Jordan Love with the 26th overall pick.

A quarterback? When you have Aaron Rodgers under center?

It's a peculiar move, to say the least. But apparently, there was a motive behind this for the Packers.

According to Bob McGinn of The Athletic, Green Bay selected Love in order to “gain leverage” with Rodgers. That certainly sounds strange, but apparently, Matt LaFleur was not fond of Rodgers' act in his first year as head coach, regardless of how much he publicly praised his veteran signal-caller.

Basically, the Packers want to become more of a running team (which lines up with their decision to take Boston College running back A.J. Dillon in the second round), and they feel that with a first-round talent at quarterback on the roster, Rodgers would feel pressured to just go with the flow rather than making a big stink out of it.

But here is the problem: Love is considered a project under center, so the chances of him actually supplanting Rodgers as Green Bay's starting quarterback any time soon seem slim to none.

Love had a rather rocky final season at Utah State, throwing for 3,402 yards, 20 touchdowns and 17 interceptions while completing 61.9 percent of his passes and posting a passer rating of 129.1.

For that reason, Rodgers can easily call the Packers' bluff.

We'll see what happens, but an interesting situation is definitely developing in Wisconsin.